Aqif Rakipi

Not found in this research.

Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.

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• Source label: Unverified

  US sanctions on Albanian political and media figures share one framework with the Berisha designation

  The US designated Ndroqi and Rakipi in 2022 under E.O. 14033, the same Western Balkans framework expanded in 2021 and amended in 2025, and it designated Sali Berisha under Section 7031(c) in 2021. Taken together, the US actions name opposition-linked and media figures rather than only the governing party. If that pattern holds, the US record is weighted in a way that an analysis of Albanian politics should account for before drawing conclusions about the government.

  Evidence for

  • US Treasury 11 Apr 2022 named two Albanians under E.O. 14033 (verified on the press release).
  • Berisha was designated under Section 7031(c) on 19 May 2021 (dataset case-us-7031c-berisha).
  • Rakipi, a former MP, and Ndroqi, a media owner, are both figures with connections to Albanian politics and media.

  Evidence against

  • The 2022 action also designated figures from Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro, so it is not Albania-specific.
  • No Albania-specific US designation in 2025 or 2026 was confirmed, so the 'pattern' rests on two dated actions.
  • The Treasury press release does not tie either designee to a party or to the then-government.
  • Ndroqi's and Berisha's responses (Berisha denied the claims) have not been fully examined.

No connections recorded.